Yesterday I responded to a fellow's question about the depth capabilities of the MX5 and low and behold, today I dig my deepest coin yet with it. I was hunting a spot where I found two large cents and a seated dime with my Explorer SE Pro. This place is soft clay and even the clad coins are very deep(7-8 inches). I had not had a very good morning with just 15 clad pennies and dimes, but again some were very deep. I was just about ready to jump to a new area when I got a whisp of a 87 to 89 signal. It would only hit occassionally, but when it would not hit, I got a break in the threshold. A really neat feature of the MX5 is the threshold. On extremely deep coins, I might get a quick high tone blip and when I check from another angle, I get nothing more than a break in the threshold, but a high number will flash on the screen. If this happens to you, by all means dig it. When I pinpointed today's deep target, it showed 8.5 to 9 inches deep. I dug a slightly bigger plug and when the target was not to be found with my pinpointer I was thinking rusty iron. When my 10 inch long pinpointer was all in the hole, I found the target a couple of inches off to the side of the very bottom of the plug. Since the plug was over-sized, I saw the edge of crusty coin on a 45 degree angle that I was thought was a clad quarter. I pryed it out with my fingers and it was a large cent. 1846 and decent shape! A ten inch deep coin on an angle. This detector is showing me more and more every time I use it. I am a big fan of Whites detectors and I have owned almost every one made in the last 15 years, but the MX5 is as high performing as the big boys and absolute breeze to adjust. Again, great job Whites.
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Deepest Coin With MX5
- Thread starter RLOH
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Les, I use the sef 10x12 coil on the MX5. It is lighter than the Whites 10 inch dd coil and works surprisingly well in moderately trashy spots. I have used this particular sef coil on a DFX, VX3, and now the MX5. It is the newer V rated white colored coil. I have a Whites 5.3 Eclipse coil for extremely trashy spots and it is as good as any small coil I have used. Like you, everytime I use the MX5, I come away amazed at it's performance.
With similar-size search coils, and ion some hunting environments, yes, it can be. Nothing is 100% as there is no such thing as a 'perfect' detector, but I can tell you that while I got very good performance from the XLT's I've owned [size=small](all 23 of them)[/size] using my custom program, I have also had very good performance from the MXT family.Elton said:
I made it a point to compare the MX5 with my MXT All-Pro and a borrowed XLT in some side-by-side cases and used similar-sized coils. The MX5 usually matched the XLT's depth and sometimes bettered it slightly. A lot depended upon the settings used, the ground mineral make-up, and the target located in a natural field search.
That said, I will also clear the air here about my personal feelings of detector comparisons as I don't put a lot of talk or interest into the subject of 'depth' as it is often over exaggerated and all too often any extra 'power' is not needed or wanted.
Monte
Les, every time I use the MX5 I come away more impressed. I have used many detectors over the years and this detector is becoming one of my favorites. You can turn it on and start detecting without any adjustments. Accurate,deep, and easy, it does not get any better than this.
I use the Detech Ultimate 13" on my MX5.
I run all metal in the dry sand with full sensitivity. I run beach mode on the wet sand with full sensitivity. It purrs like a kitten on Florida east coast beaches in both modes.
I also use Ansmann lithium rechargeables 2850 mah. This machine runs forever.
I own lots of other good detectors and the MX5 fits right in.
ROBOCOP
I run all metal in the dry sand with full sensitivity. I run beach mode on the wet sand with full sensitivity. It purrs like a kitten on Florida east coast beaches in both modes.
I also use Ansmann lithium rechargeables 2850 mah. This machine runs forever.
I own lots of other good detectors and the MX5 fits right in.
ROBOCOP
ROBO, I use a SEF 10x12 on my MX5. This is the new V nulled white coil and I have used this coil on a DFX andVX3 with similar results. I can take this coil into parks with loads of modern trash and just slow down with it to pull good targets from the junk. Just yesterday I got a bouncing signal and got FIVE different targets out of one five inch plug. A wheat, an old pull tab, a buffalo, a rusty nail, and a mercury dime. In 18 years of detecting, this has never happened. I have found two, maybe three targets, but not like this. Two weeks ago I dug a large cent at about 11 inches deep. A midpriced detector with high end performance!
hammer0419
Member
RLOH said:
Awesome results! That is the exact setup I am gonna purchase this week. I can not wait.
hammer0419
Member
Well I purchased my mx5 this afternoon and a new pair of Killer B's. Now for one of those SEF Coils.